The Candidature For The Presidency In Eight Years Of Stephen A. Douglas, His Selfishness, And The Duplicity In Principle Of His Followers: Speech Of Benjamin Franklin Butler (1860) is a political speech given by Benjamin Franklin Butler in 1860. The speech focuses on the candidacy of Stephen A. Douglas for the presidency over an eight-year period. Butler accuses Douglas of being selfish and lacking in principles, and also criticizes his followers...